UW System Clipsheet

June 25, 2008

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On Campus

"Felner won't be Parkside chancellor," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 25.

The man who was set to take the helm at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside resigned from the position Tuesday in the midst of a federal criminal probe involving the use of funds at his college, UW officials announced...

"Man picked to lead UW-Parkside resigns amid probe," Associated Press, June 24.

A University of Louisville dean hired to lead the University of Wisconsin-Parkside resigned his appointment Tuesday amid a federal criminal investigation in Kentucky...

"U of L education dean under investigation," Louisville Courier-Journal, June 25.

The outgoing dean of the University of Louisville's College of Education and Human Development is at the center of a federal investigation into the possible misappropriation of $500,000 in federal grant money, his attorney said...

"Start over at Parkside," Editorial, Kenosha News, June 25.

The sudden resignation of incoming University of Wisconsin-Parkside Chancellor Robert Felner puts the University of Wisconsin System in a bind...

"Learning the hard way: TAs struggle with low pay and uncertain employment," Capital Times, June 25.

...It all depends on whether the UW-Madison graduate student manages to find funding as a teaching assistant or research assistant...

"Grant to fund program for UWGB frosh," Green Bay Press-Gazette, June 25.

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay was awarded a $37,910 grant by the University of Wisconsin System's Office of Professional and Instructional Development for the university's First Year Seminar Program...

"Building economy and protecting environment topics of town hall meeting at UW-L," La Crosse Tribune, June 25.

A new alliance between workers and environmentalists seeks to create green jobs in Wisconsin and across the nation....

"UW-Madison professor bans laptops," Wisconsin State Journal, June 25.

When first-year UW-Madison law students arrived in Anuj Desai's constitutional law class last semester, he told them to shut their laptop computers and next time, leave them at home...

"Freshman influx could mean fewer options on area campuses," WQOW, June 24.

...At UW-Stout, officials say so far this year they've already enrolled 100 more freshman than they had originally anticipated and the enrollment period isn't over yet. That means some freshman could end up living somewhere other than a dorm room...

National

"Senate panel approves spending plan that would raise Pell Grants and NIH spending," Chronicle of Higher Education, June 25.

The maximum Pell Grant would increase by $69, to $4,800, and spending on the National Institutes of Health would grow by $1-billion under a spending bill approved by a U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday...

"One silver star meets multiple Hollywood stars," LA Times, June 24.

The signs read “Thank Our Veterans — Send Them to College.” And when the emcee asked those in the audience who had once served the armed forces of the United States to stand, they did...